Official BYC Poll: Special Needs Poultry

[casportpony]

Calling all poultry enthusiasts! Do you have, or have you ever had, poultry with special needs? If so, we want to hear from you!

Do the poll, join the conversation, and connect with fellow members that have or have had special needs birds. Share your experiences and be a part of a compassionate community that cherishes every quirk and triumph!"

 

[casportpony]

@Miss Lydia & @NanaK, we want to hear about your birds.

 

[The Birb King]

I had one hen with a leg deformity. She was born with it spread out to the side and couldn't really do anything but hobble around. I also had a button quail hen with the exact same problem. Sadly the button quail only lived for a few months, and the chicken lived around 2 years. I put a cast on her leg and did my best for her though.

 

[NanaK]

Canning right now. Be back later.

 

[casportpony]

One from the past.

She hatched with something that looked a lot like wry neck. For her, we made sure that she had access to water that she could get in & out of easily, and we put her food in a food bowl with low sides.

 

[casportpony]

I had one hen with a leg deformity. She was born with it spread out to the side and couldn't really do anything but hobble around. I also had a button quail hen with the exact same problem. Sadly the button quail only lived for a few months, and the chicken lived around 2 years. I put a cast on her leg and did my best for her though.

I've had a few with leg issues too. Those can be hard to take care of.

 

[fluffycrow]

Ehhh. Don't know if it counts as a serious disability. I had one ISA brown who was left with quite a few less toes in a predator attack, while she was recovering in the sick birds coop. That left her with a very slight limp, so she was named Koutsi, which means limp, or the one who limps in Greek. Probably the same night she broke her wing. I never noticed, because there isn't room to fly, and she held her wing fine. One year later when it had healed, she'd moved coops, tried to fly on the roost in front of me and failed. I picked her up (after struggling to catch her) and found her wing problem. She spent the rest of the days flightless and slightly limp. She passed away at 3 and a half some days ago

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Cochin bantam had an over grown beak I had to keep trimmed and I had a Muscovy drake that lost his ability to walk when he turned 9 yrs old. I had to carry him to his enclosure and back to the coop at night even though he could not walk he was a happy boy with his original girls. He was just shy of 12 when he passed. So nothing as serious as others on here.

 

[casportpony]

Ehhh. Don't know if it counts as a serious disability. I had one ISA brown who was left with quite a few less toes in a predator attack, while she was recovering in the sick birds coop. That left her with a very slight limp, so she was named Koutsi, which means limp, or the one who limps in Greek. Probably the same night she broke her wing. I never noticed, because there isn't room to fly, and she held her wing fine. One year later when it had healed, she'd moved coops, tried to fly on the roost in front of me and failed. I picked her up (after struggling to catch her) and found her wing problem. She spent the rest of the days flightless and slightly limp. She passed away at 3 and a half some days ago

Pretty girl. Sorry for your loss.

 

[maeflower1992]

Sweet Pea.
She lost both her feet from frostbite. She was given to me when her feet turned black because the people no longer wanted her. She is only a year old. She lays a beautiful blue green egg almost every day.